Australia Day - Things To Do!

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Australia Day Activities



WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Luncheon[/color]

VENUE Palladium at Crown

Melway ref 1C K3

TIME 12.15pm

TICKETED EVENT

Begin your Australia Day celebrations with community, government and business leaders at a very special luncheon in the presence of Professor David de Kretser AC, Governor of Victoria, the Acting Premier of Victoria, the Hon John Thwaites MP and John So, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Melbourne.



This year's highlights will be the announcement of the Australia Post 2007 Legends (and Legends will be present), performance by Rhonda Burchmore and the John Batman Oration, by actor and author William McInnes.



Tickets are $115 or $1,000 for a table of ten. Signage is provided for corporate tables. Enquiries/bookings 9326 3433 or email luncheon@pjse.com.au



THURSDAY 25 JANUARY



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Eve Comedy Debate[/color]

VENUE Waterfront City, Docklands

Melway ref 2E D4

TIME 7.30pm – 10pm

FREE EVENT

Kick off the Australia Day weekend with music, laughter and the inaugural Australia Day Eve Comedy Debate. Debaters include Denise Scott, Dave Grant, Dave O'Neill and Bruno Lucia. Australia Day Ambassador Jane Clifton will act as MC. Music by Monsoon. Wine and dine at Waterfront City prior to the event and party on afterwards.



FRIDAY 26 JANUARY



[color="#ff0000"] The Australian Unity Great Australia Day Breakfast[/color]

VENUE Quen's Hall, Parliament House

Melway ref 2F K2

TIME 7.30am

ENTRY BY INVITATION ONLY

Australian Unity honours its heritage with the continuation of a century old tradition at Parliament House. The 2007 Australia Day address will be delivered by Professor Glyn Davis AC and guests will be entertained by Peter Brocklehurst.



[color="#ff0000"]City of Melbourne Citizenship Ceremony[/color]

VENUE Melbourne Town Hall

Melway ref 1F M6

TIME 9.15am – 9.45am

Please note that doors open at 8.15am but will close at 9am promptly.



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Flag Raising Ceremony[/color]

VENUE Melbourne Town Hall

Melway ref 1F M6

TIME 10.30am

FREE EVENT

Be part of the official Flag Raising ceremony as Professor David de Kretser, AC, Governor of Victoria, leads the Australia Day Affirmation and officiates as the National Flag is raised. The winner of the Australia Day Anthem Singer Competition will present the National Anthem and Australia Day Ambassadors Wendy Stapleton and Paul Norton will also perform. The formal Australia Day ceremony includes a Service Guard of Honour and the Navy Band.



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day People's March[/color]

VENUE From the Melbourne Town Hall

Melway ref 1F M6

TIME 11am

FREE EVENT

Come and watch the thousands of Victorians, from all walks of life and from all over the world, who will walk together in the 2007 Australia Day People's March along Swanston Street to Alexandra Gardens. You are invited to join the Governor, Premier, Lord Mayor, Flag Raising Officials,



Australia Day Ambassadors and new Australian Citizens at the end of the March and walk to the Alexandra Gardens. At approx. 11.30am there will be a flypast by RAAF FA-18s (depending on availability and weather conditions).



[color="#ff0000"] Flying High[/color]

VENUE City Square

Melway ref 1B N8

TIME 2pm – 2.30pm

Performance Demonstration FREE EVENT



Don't miss your chance to watch and marvel at the thrill of the trapeze when the City Square becomes home to the flying rig and a training ground for aspiring aerialists. Then see the masters of the trapeze in action as they fly, twist and move through the air as they perform.



[color="#ff0000"] Alexandra Gardens[/color]

VENUE Alexandra Gardens

Melway ref 2F J9

TIME 11am – 5pm

FREE EVENT

A great day's entertainment for the entire family, including free activities, entertainment, workshops, and much more! Play the games of bocce, bowls, hockey, soccer, croquet, korf ball, athletics, rowing and fencing. Write your name in calligraphy, enjoy the animal farm, come paint and fly a kite, match your skills with Halls Tai Kwan Do, play a game of chess with your friend or the MASTER, walk the rope bridge and scale the climbing wall with the Scouts Association of Australia.



Play a round of mini golf, pan for gold, play a didgeridoo and toss a boomerang!



Be surprised by who you see under a tree! Music, dance and song, performances from Multi Cultural Melbourne, the Victoria Police Show Band and Don't Mess with the Pony, listen to poetry readings from young and old with the Bush Poets Society, spruiking the word of Old Australia. Talk to Johnny the gentle giant! See the snakes and baby crocs! Become interactive with the many activities from Melbourne Fire Brigade, Victoria Police, Metropolitan Ambulance Service, State Emergency Service, St John Ambulance, Red Cross, the Australian Army

and the Australian Air Force Cadets.



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Picnic and Historic Vehicle Display[/color]

VENUE Kings Domain Gardens

Melway ref 2F J9

TIME 10am – 4pm

FREE EVENT

A real favourite with families, and supported by RACV, the Kings Domain Gardens will feature the famous historic vehicle display, with more than 550 veteran and vintage vehicles, entertainment, free activities and scrumptious food stalls. Enjoy the roving entertainers that will amaze and dazzle you as you tour the vehicles. Wave off the vehicles as they leave the gardens at 3.30pm.



See the amazing RACV/AFA sanctioned Flyball Competition.



Join in at the free activity arena; learn to juggle, practice Tai Chi, make your own bird feeder to take home with you, see the frogs and learn about snakes, hear the choirs sing and enjoy the musical entertainment for adults and see the children's show, check your blood pressure with the Royal District Nursing Service, play the fling-thing challenge conducted by the Wackies, play mini golf, chess, learn to juggle, have a cup of tea with Lipton, climb the flat wall, race an electric buggy, slip down the slippery slide, ride the merry – go – round and learn to lace, create Origami, handle the baby animals, learn about alpacas, draw, colour, create at the RACV free activity site and join in the seek and find competition (take your completed entry to the RACV display area

to receive your prize).



[color="#ff0000"] Visions[/color]

VENUE Kings Domain Gardens

Melway ref 2F J9

TIME 10am – 4pm

FREE EVENT

Draw/write your own vision for Australia Day. Thousands of Victorian schoolchildren have already made their Visions, and these will be on

view at regional celebrations. Here's your chance to make a wish for the future and peg it out for all to see.



[color="#ff0000"] Paint the City[/color]

VENUE Carlton Gardens South

Meting point at fountain Melway ref 2B H11

TIME 11am – 3pm

FREE EVENT

Calling all budding Matisses and Picassos. Come and show us your talent and release your creativity with the inspirational beauty of the city's parks and gardens. An artistic co-ordinator, easels, paints, brushes and soothing music will be provided – all you need to do is create a masterpiece! Suitable for all ages.



[color="#ff0000"] ArtPlay Open Workshop – Makin' for Moomba[/color]

VENUE Birrarung Marr

Enter from Swanston Street,

rear of Federation Square

Melway ref 2F H6

TIME 10am – 4pm

FREE EVENT

Join a Moomba float making workshop on Australia Day and make your mark on Melbourne's biggest festival! Drop in and stay for as long as you like! For ages 7 to 13 and families. If coming with a group please let us know. Also Wednesday 24, and Thursday 25, 10am – 2pm. Enquiries 9664 7900 or visit www.artplay.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] Family Lunch at the Vineyard[/color]

VENUE On the Lawn at the Arts Centre

TIME 12 midday – 5pm

Inspired by the traditions of Australia's wine and fresh food culture.



Enjoy a family get together under the vines with accordion music and roving singers. Buy delicious produce at the farmers' market. Spend a few hours!



All refreshments reasonably priced. Entertainment and activities free.



[color="#ff0000"] Kiss My Grass[/color]

VENUE Sidney Myer Music Bowl

TIME 12 midday – 10pm

TICKETED EVENT

The largest collection of Australian contemporary dance music artists and DJs ever assembled! Tickets available through Ticketmaster

13 61 33, www.ticketmaster.com.au, or on the door.

Full listing at www.kissfm.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] Share The Spirit Concert[/color]

VENUE Treasury Gardens

TIME 12 midday – 6pm

FREE EVENT



Songlines Music Aboriginal Corporation presents Daniel James Band, Brisco Sisters, Grant Hansen's Big City Combo, Christine Ward, Dan Sultan, Grenadines, Bomba. MCs Den Fisher and Peter Grace.



Enquiries 9658 9658.



[color="#ff0000"] The Great Australia Day Duck Race[/color]

VENUE Yarra River

TIME 12.45pm



Adopt a duck for your chance to win a new car! Watch a flotilla of numbered, bright yellow rubber ducks (with Lifesaver caps!) race in the middle of the Yarra River (between the Engineers Lawn and the boatsheds) on Australia Day. Best viewing points are from Birrarung Marr, Alexandra Gardens, Federation Square and Princes Bridge. First duck into the Parks Victoria Duck Catcher at the end of the 200 metre course wins a new Mitsubishi Lancer ES for its owner. To adopt a duck visit www.lifesavingvictoria.com.au or telephone 9676 6900.



All profits from the Great Australia Day Duck Race will benefit the development of life saving activities and life saving organisations, to mark the 100th anniversary of Surf Life Saving Australia in 2007.



[color="#ff0000"] SBS Radio Studio Tours[/color]

VENUE Federation Square

Melway ref 1B N10/2F G5

TIME 2pm – 6pm



SBS Radio is the world's most linguistically diverse radio network. Come and learn how radio is produced first hand at a tour of the studios at Federation Square. Tours run every half hour from 2pm until 5.30pm from Reception on Level 2, Alfred Deakin Building. Enquiries 9949 2121.



[color="#ff0000"] Roulettes[/color]

VENUE Over the royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne

TIME 2pm approx.

FREE EVENT

There will be an aerial display by the famous Roulettes. Please note that this event is subject to operational requirements and to weather conditions.



[color="#ff0000"] 26ers Birthday Cake Cutting[/color]

VENUE Kings Domain Gardens

Melway ref 2F J9

TIME 2.30pm



Happy birthday! January 26 is the birthday of nearly 1000 Victorians. Join Australia Day Ambassadors, Wendy Stapleton and Paul Norton at the front of the main stage as we cut the cake and wish the 26ers a great year! Australia Day Ambassador Jon Faine will speak before the cake cutting.



[color="#ff0000"] Herring Island Summer Arts Festival[/color]

VENUE Herring Island Gallery

Melway ref 2M C2

TIME 12 midday – 5pm

FREE EVENT

Wonderful Wildlife - Wildlife and Botanical subjects are featured in this exhibition. Come and visit for the day, bring a picnic lunch then watch demonstrations in the courtyard and enjoy this historical site. Access is via the Parks Victoria punt service operating from midday to 5pm on weekends commencing January 13, 2007, from the Como Landing, Toorak. Enquiries 0418 546 554.



[color="#ff0000"] The Australia Day Music & Cycling Festival[/color]

VENUE Belgian Beer Café Bluestone

557 St Kilda Rd Melbourne

TIME 12 MIDAY

The events include: All day barbecue, live music, The Great Australian Mussel Eating Challenge, Do It Yourself Draughtmaster (a chance to pour your own beer, the Belgian way) and cycling giveaways.



The event will support the Amy Gillett Foundation, whose aim is to raise awareness of cyclists for motorists. The festival is a full day that is broadcast live on PBS FM. Enquiries 9529 2899.



[color="#ff0000"] Australian of the Year Awards[/color]

VENUE Federation Mall, Canberra

TIME BROADCAST at 4.30pm

Telecast of the announcement of and presentations to the Australian of the Year Awards recipients (which includes the Young Australian, Senior Australian and Local Hero Awards). Be part of it all by watching inspirational people receive our country's accolades on Network 10.



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Voyages Concert[/color]

VENUE Federation Square Stage

Melway ref 1B P10

TIME 7pm

FREE EVENT

In the beginning – stories of the creation from around the world are brought together in this toe-tapping fusion of cultures and world

music. The voyages concert will feature original music composed specifically for the event and world artists, musicians, and dancers

will come together for this popular event, building the audience's excitement as the fireworks brighten the skies over Melbourne.



[color="#ff0000"] Australia Day Fireworks[/color]

TIME 9.15pm approx

A favourite for everyone! Be at Federation Square or along the banks of the Yarra for the best view.

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SATURDAY 27 JANUARY



[color="#ff0000"] Family Lunch at the Vineyard[/color]

VENUE On the Lawn at the Arts Centre

TIME 12 midday – 5pm



Inspired by the traditions of Australia's wine and fresh food culture. Enjoy a family get together under the vines with accordion music

and roving singers. Buy delicious produce at the farmers' market.



Spend a few hours!



All refreshments reasonably priced. Entertainment and activities free



[color="#ff0000"] Herring Island Summer Arts Festival[/color]

VENUE Herring Island Gallery

Melway ref 2M C2

TIME 12 midday – 5pm

FREE EVENT

Wonderful Wildlife – Wildlife and Botanical subjects are featured in this exhibition. Come and visit for the day, bring a picnic lunch, then watch demonstrations in the courtyard and enjoy this historical site.



Enquiries 0418 546 554.



[color="#ff0000"] Great Australian Cinema[/color]

VENUE Australian Centre for the Moving Image

TIME 2pm

TICKETED EVENT

They're A Weird Mob G

Michael Powell, 112 mins, Australia/UK, 1966, 35mm Based on the hugely popular novel by John O'Grady (under the pseudonym Nino Culotta), Michael Powell's light-hearted tale of an Italian migrant's experiences in coming to terms with Australian life was, nationally, a great commercial success and the film remains a good-humoured celebration of Australian stereotypes. Stars Walter Chiari, Clare Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli and John Meillon.



[color="#ff0000"] Great Australian Cinema[/color]

VENUE Australian Centre for the Moving Image

TIME 4pm

TICKETED EVENT

Beneath Clouds M Ivan Sen, 90 mins, Australia, 2002, 35mm.

The tension implicit in the complex dynamic of contemporary Australia race relations permeates every frame of writer/director Ivan Sen's stylish road movie. Beneath Clouds has garnered an array of awards including the 2002 AFI Awards for Best Direction and Best Cinematography, the 2002 IF Award for Best Direction and, at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, the First Movie and New Talent Awards.



[color="#ff0000"] Twilight Rhythms – Relax with Max[/color]

VENUE Fitzroy Gardens, Stage Lawn Oposite Model

Tudor Village

Melway ref 2G C3

TIME 7.30pm – 9.30pm

FREE EVENT

A Melbourne institution invites you on a musical journey through soul, funk, rhythm and blues.





SUNDAY 28 JANUARY







[color="#ff0000"] Dragon Boat Australia Day Cup[/color]

VENUE Cnr Bourke street/Harbour Esplanade, Docklands

Near Central Pier

Melway ref 2E F6

TIME 8am – 1pm

FREE EVENT

Dragon Boating brings the rich multicultural flavour of the event with its enormous excitement, noise and colour to Melbourne Docklands.

A number of Victorian teams will compete and enjoy a fantastic festival environment.



[color="#ff0000"] Talkin' the Birrarung[/color]

VENUE ArtPlay, behind Federation Square

Melway ref 1B R11

TIME 10.30am – 12.30pm

FREE EVENT

Let your imagination run wild at these hands-on Indigenous craft workshops and storytelling sessions. Be inspired by stories of the Wurundjeri and other local Aboriginal communities, then create your own animals and creatures from Dreaming stories. Suitable for children 3 to 12 years. Enquiries 9658 9658 or visit www.thatsmelbourne.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] Herring Island Summer Arts Festival[/color]

VENUE Herring Island Gallery

Melway ref 2M C2

TIME 12 midday – 5pm

FREE EVENT

Wonderful Wildlife – Wildlife and Botanical subjects are featured in this exhibition. Come and visit for the day, bring a picnic lunch then watch demonstrations in the courtyard and enjoy this historical site.



Enquiries 0418 546 554.



[color="#ff0000"] Annual Australia Day Pilgrimage and Wreath Laying Service[/color]

VENUE Eternal Flame, Shrine of Remembrance

TIME 1.45pm

Assemble at the Eternal Flame at 1.30pm. Enquiries 9859 5288.



[color="#ff0000"] Sundays in the Park Nichaud Fitzgibbon[/color]

VENUE Fitzroy Gardens, Stage Lawn Oposite Model Tudor Village

Melway ref 2G C3

TIME 3.30pm – 5.30pm

FREE EVENT

Sultry songstress Nichaud Fitzgibbon brings you 'The Blonde Bombshells' including Peggy Lee, Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day. Bring your own picnic and a blanket or order a hamper from Ed Dixon Food Design and collect at the event. For hamper orders telephone 9576 1000.



[color="#ff0000"] Great Australian Cinema[/color]

VENUE Australian Centre for the Moving Image

TICKETED EVENTS

Mad Dog Morgan M

TIME 2pm

Philippe Mora, 102 mins, USA, 1976, 35mm.

Philippe Mora's haunting account of the pursuit and capture of legendary bushranger Daniel Morgan explores the psychological impact of colonialism on mid nineteenth century Australia. Features Dennis Hopper and David Gulpilil.



Ned Kelly Outlaw PG

TIME 4pm

Tony Richardson, 99 mins, UK, 1970, 35mm.



'Such is life', the infamous final words of legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly, set the tone for Richardson's folkloric bushranger tale starring the Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger. Richardson's Kelly is a downtrodden Irish Catholic forced into thievery and violence by corrupt

British authorities. Enquiries ACMI Box Office 8663 2583 or visit www.acmi.net.au Courtesy Potential Films.



[color="#ff0000"] Twilight Rhythms – Richi Madan, Rhythm and Spice[/color]

VENUE Fitzroy Gardens Stage Lawn

Oposite Model Tudor Village

Melway ref 2G C3

TIME 7.30pm – 9.30pm

FREE EVENT

High voltage DJ mixes and dhol drumming from Melbourne's passionate Bollywood pioneer. Bring your own picnic and a blanket or order a hamper from Ed Dixon Food Design and collect at the event.



For hamper orders telephone 9576 1000.



[color="#ff0000"] Twilight Moves – Bollywood, Jhanak Dance Company[/color]

VENUE Fitzroy Gardens Stage Lawn Oposite Model Tudor Village

Melway ref 2G C3

TIME dance lesson

7pm – 7.30pm

free dance at Twilight Rhythms

7.30pm – 9.30pm

FREE EVENT



Bollywood dance modelled on classical Indian dance and Bhangra music fused with Western techniques. Bring your own picnic and a

blanket or order a hamper from Ed Dixon Food Design and collect at the event. For hamper orders telephone 9576 1000.



Australia Day, Friday 26 January



[color="#ff0000"] Australian Centre for the Moving Image[/color]

VENUE Federation Square Flinders Street

On the free City Circle Tram Route,

closest station: Flinders Street

Melway ref 1B N10/2F G5

TIME 10am – 4pm

FREE ENTRY



Scratch Animation



Over the course of the day hundreds of people will scratch their own Australian Stories into lengths of film. This exciting film projects uses hundreds of metres of film starting on simple tables and then spilling in a moving image cascade over the ACMI balconies. The final product will create a collaborative film that will be screened at ACMI.



Ned Kelly Moving Portrait

TIME 10am – 4pm

Good Bushrangers never die! Be part of ACMI's Ned Kelly moving portrait mosaic shown live across ACMI screens. Participants, in costume, will be photographed with each photograph forming part of a larger mass mosaic of images that make up the ACMI Ned Kelly Moving Portrait. Come with your pre-designed Ned Kelly costume or quickly make one on the day.



Australian Anthem

TIME 11am, 1.30pm, 4pm



What does it mean to be Australian? What kind of music epitomises contemporary Australia? Is it the bush ballad or a contemporary mix

that represents Australian Multicultural past and present? In the Digital Studio create your own music interpretation of what it means to be Australian. Work with us to create a potential new anthem for the 21st century.



Kelly Gang Public Lecture

TIME 2pm



Stand and deliver! Prior to the Melbourne public premiere of the restoration of the world's first ever feature film The Story of the Kelly

Gang, join a diverse panel of guests as they explore the legend of the bushranger in Australian mythology, and debate all things 'Kelly'.



The Story of the Kelly Gang

TIME 3.30pm, 4.30pm

Charles Tait, 17 mins, 1906, Australia, B&W, 35mm.

Acknowledged as the first feature length narrative film ever made worldwide, the National Film and Sound Archive has, over the past

forty years, located over 17 minutes of the original film from various sources. Free program, but obtain tickets at the ACMI Box Office.



[color="#ff0000"] City Museum at Old Treasury Building[/color]

VENUE Spring Street (top of Collins Street)

Melway ref 2F K3

TIME 10am – 4pm

HALF PRICE ADMISION ON AUSTRALIA DAY Hourly tours to the Executive Council Chamber on the 1st floor

will be held at 11am and 2pm. Enquiries 9651 2233 or email info@citymuseummelbourne.org



[color="#ff0000"] Government House[/color]

VENUE Government House Drive, Melbourne

Melway ref 2G A11

TIME 10am – 3.30pm

FREE ENTRY

Disability Acess

The annual opportunity to visit Government House, home of the Governor of Victoria. You can picnic in the lush gardens surrounding

this famous Melbourne home and view the State Apartments, the Private Apartments and the Governor's Study. Many of these rooms

are not normally open to the public. There will also be children's entertainment, musical performances and sporting demonstrations in the grounds. Refreshments will be available for purchase. Enquiries 9655 4211.



[color="#ff0000"] Como Historic House and Garden[/color]

VENUE Cnr Williams Road and Lechlade Avenue,

South Yarra

Melway ref 58 G3

TIME 10am – 4pm

Come to Como on Australia Day for family fun! Bring a picnic or enjoy an Aussie meal from our cafe. Relax in the beautiful gardens, be pampered by a head massage or join a Tai Chi class. Play old-fashioned games, have your face painted or take a pony ride. Enjoy a tour of the house or browse our mini – fair under the trees.



Enquiries 9827 2500 or visit www.nattrust.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] Immigration Museum[/color]

VENUE Old Customs House

400 Flinders Street, Melbourne On the free City Circle Tram route, closest train station Flinders Street

Melway ref 1A F10

TIME 10am – 5pm

Bollywood – Become a Bollywood film star for the day! Learn how to dance like the stars, create henna tattoos, and make colourful costumes.

Enquiries 9927 2700 or visit www.immigration.museum.vic.gov.au



[color="#ff0000"]Melbourne Museum[/color]

VENUE 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton

Melway ref 2B J10

On the free City Circle Tram Route,

closest station: Parliament

TIME 10am – 5pm



Backyard Bug Circus – Roll up, roll up…a bug circus has arrived. See acrobatics and aerial performers exploring the fantastic world of bugs.



Enquiries 13 11 02 or visit www.melbourne.museum.vic.gov.au



[color="#ff0000"] Scienceworks Museum and Melbourne Planetarium[/color]

VENUE 2 Booker Street, Spotswood

Melway ref 56 B1

TIME 10am – 4.30pm



So you want to be an astronaut? Could you land a Space Shuttle? What would you do with the Mars Rover? Find out more in this

amazing interactive exhibition, Space, about our Solar System, survival in Space and much more! Enquiries 13 11 02 or visit



www.scienceworks.museum.vic.gov.au



[color="#ff0000"] IMAX Theatre Melbourn[/color]

VENUE Rathdowne Street, Carlton

Melway ref 2B H10

On the free City Circle Tram Route,

closest station: Parliament

TICKETED EVENT

Open Season, feature length IMAX 3D. Boog (Martin Lawrence), a happily domesticated grizzly bear, has his world turned upside-down after he meets Elliott (Ashton Kutcher), a fast talking wild mule deer. Enquiries/screening times 9663 5454



or visit www.imaxmelbourne.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne[/color]

VENUE Visitor Centre, Observatory Gate,

Royal Botanic Gardens

Melway ref 2F K12

TIME 10am – 12 midday

1.30pm – 3.30pm

Discover Australia – Celebrate Australia Day by taking a leisurely stroll with an expert guide through the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne and discover the amazing plants and wildlife that are the natural wealth of Australia. Cost: $12.00 Adults, $10.00 Concession. Finish the walk with a traditional Devonshire tea at the Terrace Tearooms. Bookings required 9252 2429. Disability Access.



[color="#ff0000"] Melbourne Town Hall Tours[/color]

VENUE Melbourne Town Hall

Melway ref 1F M6

TIME 12 midday – 3pm

FREE EVENT – Bookings are essential

Completed in 1870, the Melbourne Town Hall has a fascinating history as the heart of the city's cultural and civic life. Learn about this impressive 19th century building including the Grand Organ Museum, numbers are limited. Bookings/enquiries 9658 9658 or email

townhalltours@melbourne.vic.gov.au



[color="#ff0000"] The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square[/color]

VENUE Federation Square (Cnr Russell and Flinders Streets)

Melway ref 2F 8H

FREE EVENT



NGV Kids Artcart: My Suburban Block

Enjoy the paintings of Howard Arkley and create your own 3D suburban block from boxes and card, 12 midday – 3pm, Foyer, Level 3.



The Dreaming

A selection from the series by Aboriginal Nations Australia Pty Ltd of short film animations of Dreaming stories from around Australia,



10.30am and 3pm, Theatre, screening time 60 minutes.



A Good Yarn

Acclaimed story teller Annie E Stewart will again enthrall all ages with stories inspired by Australian art in the NGV Collection, 11.30am and 1.30pm, Foyer, Level 2.



Music Performance

Tony Faehse, guitarist will perform, 3pm–4.30pm in the Foyer, Level 3.



Guided tours

Explore Indigenous and non Indigenous Australian art with the NGV Voluntary Guides, 11am and 2pm, Foyer, Ground Level.



Enquiries 8662 1555 or visit www.ngv.vic.gov.au



[color="#ff0000"] Australian Open[/color]

VENUE Melbourne Park

Melway ref 2G 8B

TICKETED EVENT

The Australian Open celebrates Australia Day with star studded tennis matches and a host of entertainment both on and off court including live music in the beer garden, an on-court ceremony honouring an inductee into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame plus an on-court performance of the National Anthem. Full Tournament from 15 to 28 January. Enquiries 9914 4400 or visit www.australianopen.com



[color="#ff0000"] Melbourne Theatre Company[/color]

VENUE The Playhouse, the Arts Centre,

100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

Melway ref 2F G8

TIME 8pm

TICKETED EVENT



DON'S PARTY by David Williamson

Starring Anita Hegh, Travis McMahon, Rhys Muldoon and Alison Whyte. On the night of the 1969 federal election, Don throws a

party for his mates and their wives to watch the returns come in and prepare for a booze-fuelled celebration of a Labor win. This long

awaited revival of David Williamson's classic social satire shows why he has commanded our stages for more than thirty years. Bookings via Ticketmaster 1300 136 166 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.au



[color="#ff0000"] The Russell Street Melbourne Justice Museum (incorporating the Old Melbourne Gaol)[/color]

VENUE Russell Street Melbourne Justice Museum

(just north of Latrobe Street corner)

TIME 9.30am – 5pm



Russell Street Melbourne Justice Museum will be buzzing on Australia Day with tours to the public plus insights into Ned Kelly and the

turbulent life and times of early Melbourne. Enquiries 9663 7228, email omg@nattrust.com.au or visit www.nattrust.com.au

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A flyer with the attached info is attached below:



For more info, please visit the Australia day website: [url="http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/"]http://www.australiaday.vic.gov.au/[/url]





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